Dashboard Confessional
The Shade of Poison Trees
I suggest bar chords
And thanks to the tab before this one. it gave me a base to work off of.
Intro:
F# B
F# G#m
Why do you speak with that accent now?
E B
Everyone knows you're not from the streets.
F# G#m
You went to prep school in Cambridge,
E B
With daughters and sons of the privileged elite.
G#m
Their fortunes from shipping and industry,
E B
Their futures in yacht clubs and tails.
F# G#m
So why do you speak with that accent now?
E G#m
Everyone knows you're moonlighting here.
E
To avail yourself of your heritage,
B
For a season or two in the sun.
F#
Draw well from the funds in the trust,
G#m
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons,
E
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
B F#
For you it's a matter of blood and connections
B F# B
Of blood and connections.
F# G#m
So who do you fool with that costume now?
E B
Everyone knows you're not who you seem
F# G#m
You've got a hard way about you
E G#m
For someone whose passage is already paid
E
By the sins and the schemes of your father
B
And the infinite reach of his arm
F#
Draw well from the funds in the trust,
G#m
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons,
E
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
B
For you it's a matter of blood
F#
Drink well from your bottomless cup
G#m
And bask in your good fortune
E
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
F# G#m
For you it's a matter of blood and connections
B
So where will you be when you tire of the fun
E
The escape, the charade, and your time in the sun
B
I know everyone does their own reinvention
F# G#m
But yours has a taste that's hard to swallow
B
And what will you tell of your tenure with us?
E
Will you build yourself up, like the size of your hunt?
B
If they're anything like what you've been telling us,
F#
Those stories will make true believers
B
Of the chumps and the fools.
F# G#m
So why do you speak with that accent now?
E B
Everyone knows you're not from the streets.
